Crowded House Album

She came all the way from America
she had a blind date with destiny
And the sound of Te Awamutu
Had a truly sacred ring
Now her parents are divorced
And her friend's committing suicide

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I could not escape
A plea from the heart
You know what it means to me
She said don't walk away
I'm down on my knees
So please don't be mean to me

So I talked to you for an hour
In the bar of a small town hotel
and you asked me what I was thinking
I was thinking of a padded cell
With a black and white T.V.
To stop us from getting lonely

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I could not escape
A plea from the heart
You know what it means to me
you said don't walk away
i got down on my knees
oh, please don't be mean to me

oh, you know I could not escape
a plea from the heart
mysterious sympathy
I couldn't wait for a chance
To walk out the door
you know what it means to me

I saw you lying in the arms of a poet
I heard him tell you t...tantalizing lies
What'd'ya know, whad'd'ya know

I could not escape
You're down on the floor
You know what it means to me
I couldn't wait for a chance
walk out the door
Mean...mean...

i could not escape
get down on your knees
You know what it means
what it means...
what it means...
what it means...

Here's someone now whose got the muscle.
His steady hand could move a mountain.
Expert in bed,
but come on now,
There must be something missing.
That golden one leads a double life
You'll find out.
Tell me,

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But I don't know where you go
Do you climb into space
To the world where you live,
To the world where you live.

So here we lie against each other
These four walls can never hold us
We're looking for wide open spaces
High above the kitchen
And we're strangers here
On our way to some other place

Chorus

When friends come round
You might remember and be sad
Behind their eyes is unfamiliar

Chorus

When you come across the sea
me like a beacon guiding you to safety
the sooner the better now
and when you come the hills
will breathe like a baby
pulled up heaving from the bottom of the ocean
the sooner the better now
when you come to cover me with your kisses
fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den
the sooner the better now
I'll know you by the thunderclap
pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
and that is why
I stumble to my knees
and why underneath the heavens
with the stars burning and exploding
I know I could never let you down

When you come like an iceberg float in darkness
smashing my hull sent me to the bottom of the sea
I should know you better now
and when you come your majesty to entrap me
prince of light receding
the sooner the better now
and when you come to cover me
with your kisses hard like armour
the sooner the better now
I'll know you by the thunderclap
pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions

And that is why
I stumble to my knees
and why underneath the heavens
with the stars burning and exploding
I know I could never let you down

She came out of the water
into my horizon
like a cumulo nimbus
coming in from a distance
burning and exploding
burning and exploding
like a slow volcano
when you come
cover the ground with ashes
when you come

No time no place to talk about the weather
the promise of love is hard to ignore
you said the chance wasn't getting any better
labour of love is ours to endure
the highest branch on the apple tree
it was my favourite place to be
I could hear them braking free
but they could not see me
I will run for shelter
endless summer lift the curse
it feels like nothing matters
in our private universe
I have all I want is that simple enough
there's a whole lot more I'm thinking of
every night about six o'clock
the birds come back to the palm to talk
they talk to me, birds talk to me
if I go down on my knees

I will run for shelter
endless summer lift the curse
it feels like nothing matters
in our private universe

and it's a pleasure that I have known
and it's a treasure that I have gained
and it's a pleasure that I have known
it's a tight squeeze but I won't let go
love is on the table and the dinner's cold
I will run for shelter
endless summer lift the curse
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe

Four seasons in one day
Lying in the depths of your imagination
Worlds above and worlds below
Sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain

Even when you're feeling warm
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day

Smiling as the shit comes down
You can tell a man from what he has to say
Everything gets turned around
And I will risk my neck again, again

You can take me where you will
Up the creek and through the mill
Like all the things you can't explain
Four seasons in one day

Blood dries up like rain, like rain
Fills my cup, like four seasons in one day

Doesn't pay to make predictions
Sleeping on an un-made bed
Finding out wherever there is comfort there is pain
Only one step away, like four seasons in one day

Blood dries up like rain, like rain
Fills my cup, like four seasons in one day

I'm really close tonight
And I feel like I'm moving inside her
Lying in the dark
And I think that I'm beginning to know her
Let it go, I'll be there when you call

And whenever I fall at your feet
You let your tears rain down on me
Whenever I touch your slow turning pain

You're hiding from me now
There's something in the way that you're talking
The words don't sound right
But I hear them all moving inside you
Go, I'll be waiting when you call

Yeah, whenever I fall at your feet
You let your tears rain down on me
Whenever I touch your slow turning pain

The finger of blame has turned upon itself
And I'm more than willing to offer myself
Do you want my presence or need my help
Who knows where that might lead

I fall
Whenever I fall at your feet
You let you tears rain down on me
Whenever I fall (at your feet)
Whenever I fall

Dull, dull grey, the colour of our times
Cool cool space that I still hope to find
Far beyond the veil
The sound of whispers and moans

Slow time bomb, the clamour of the street
I hear this town it never goes to sleep
And I will catch the taxi driver
Weeping like a wounded beast

Then I wake up in your room
Share one piece of your life
When tomorrow comes
We may not be here at all
Without your whispers and moans
Here you come to carry me home

Love that sound, time erase
Tension wheels, cool heels
Won't ya come on open the bid before too long

I wake up in your room
Share one piece of your life
I'd give anything to be a fly upon the wall
And hear your whispers and moans
I like to hear your whispers and moans
Here you come to carry me home

We are the mirrors of each other
In a lifetime of suspicion
Cleansed in a moment, a flash of recognition
You gave your life for it
Worth its weight in gold and growing empires
Art collectors and Alans sound investments
Will one day be forgotten, one day be forgotten
YEAH!

There's a hole in the river where my auntie lies
From the land of the living to the air and sky
Left her car by the river left her shoes beside
Through the thorns and the bushes I hope she was...

Dreaming of glory
Miles above the mountains and plains
Free at last

We were touched by a cold wind, my father and I
The sound of desperate breathing her fear inside us all
She was coming to see him but something changed her mind
Drove her down to the river
There is no return

There's a hole in the river where a memory lies
From the land of the living to the air and sky
She was coming to see him but something changed her mind,
Drove her down to the river
There is no return

Somewhere deep inside
Something's got a hold on you
And it's pushing me aside
See it stretch on forever

and I know I'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon

Stripping back the coats
Of lies and deception
Back to nothingness
Like a week in the desert

and I know I'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon

So don't say no
Don't say nothing's wrong
Cos when you get back home
Maybe I'll be gone

It would cause me pain
If we were to end it
But I could start again
You can depend on it

and I know I'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon

Detective is flat
no longer is always flat out
got the number of the getaway car
didn't get very far
As lucid as hell
these images moving so fast
like a fever
so close to the bone
I don't feel too well

And if you choose
to take that path

I will play you like a shark
and I'll clutch at your heart
I'll come flying like a spark
to enflame you

Sleeping alone
for pleasure, the pineapple head
it spins and it spins
like a number I hold
don't remember if she was my friend
it was a long time ago

And if you choose
to take that path

Sleeping alone
for pleasure, the pineapple head
it spins and it spins
like a number I hold
don't remember if she was my friend
it was a long time ago

And if you choose
to take that path
would you come to make me pay?

Tell me all the things you would change
I don't pretend to know what you want
When you come around and spin my top
Time and again, time and again
No fire where I lit my spark
I am not afraid of the dark
Where your words devour my heart
And put me to shame, put me to shame

And your seven worlds collide
Whenever I am by your side
And dust from a distant sun
Will shower over everyone

You're still so young to travel so far
Old enough to know who you are
Wise enough to carry the scars
Without any blame, there's no one to blame
It's easy to forget what you learned
Waiting for the thrill to return
Feeling your desire burn
You're drawn to the flame

When your seven worlds collide
Whenever I am by your side
And dust from a distant sun
Will shower over everyone
Dust from a distant sun
Will shower over everyone

And I'm lying on the table
Washed out in the flood
Like a Christian fearing vengeance from above
I don't pretend to know what you want
But I offer love

Seven worlds will collide
Whenever I am by your side
And dust from a distant sun
Will shower over everyone

As time slips by, and on and on

You opened up your door
I couldn't believe my luck
you in your new blue dress
taking away my breath
the cradle is soft and warm
couldn't do me no harm
you're showing me how to give

into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into temptation
a muddle of nervous words

could never amount to betrayal
the sentence is all my own
the price is to watch it fail
as I turn to go
you looked at me for half a second
with an open invitation
for me to go


into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into temptation
safe in the wide open arms of hell


we can go sailing in
climb down, lose yourself when you linger long
into temptation
right where you belong
the guilty get no sleep

in the last slow hours of morning
experience is cheap
I should've listened to the warning
but the cradle is soft and warm


into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into your wide open arms
no way to break the spell

break this spell
don't tell

I see a man with a flag
and he leads the procession
and a woman shedding tears
for a man locked in prison
then the two locked eyes
and for a moment I was taken
and all paths lead
to a single conclusion
Everything is good for you
if it doesn't kill you
everything is good for you
one man's ending
is another ones's beginning
everything is good for you

It's a nightmare talking
to a restless ocean
with a reckless calm
to state their position
but if you come undone
it might just set you free

Everything is good for you
if it doesn't kill you
everything is good for you
one man's ending
is another one's beginning

bring back your head
here comes trouble
to turn me and be well
cover your heart

everything is good for you
if it doesn't kill you

everything is good for you
if it doesn't kill you

everything is good for you
is good for you

I've been locked out
I've been locked in
But I always seem to come back again
When you're in that room
What do you do?
I know that I will have you in the end
And the clouds
They're crying on you
Snd the birds are offering up their tunes
In a shack as remote as a mansion
You escape into a place where nothing moves

And I've been locked out
And I know we're through
But I can't begin to face up to the truth
I wait so long
For the walls to crack
But I know that I will one day have you back

And the hills
Are as soft as a pillow
And they cast a shadow on my bed
And the view
When I look through my window
Is an altarpiece I'm praying to
For the living and the dead

Twin valleys shine in the morning sun
I send a message out to my only one

Yet I've been locked out
And I know we're through
But I can't begin to face up to the truth
I wait so long
For the walls to crack
But I know that I will one day have you back
(Yes, I will)

And I work
Like bees in the honey
Every night I circle like the moon
It's an act
Of simple devotion
But it can take forever
When you've got something to prove

Love can make you weep
Can make you run for cover
Roots that spread so deep
Bring life to frozen ground

Something so strong
Could carry us away
Something so strong
Could carry us today

Turning in my sleep
Love can leave you cold
A taste of jealousy
Is like a lust for gold

Something so strong
Could carry us away
Something so strong
Could carry us today

I've been
Feeling so much older, love
Frame me
And hang me on the wall
I've seen
You fall into the same trap
This thing
Is happening to us all

Something so strong
Could carry us away
Something so strong
Could carry us today

Something so strong....

Now you're heading down to get someone
should've done what he had to do years ago
the position is coming through
all the people that you're standing on
all the people that you're standing on
now you're heading down to be someone
someone that you've seen in a magazine
your premonition is coming true
oh baby you're not so green
no baby you're not so green
no baby you're nutso

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sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head
sister madly waking up the dead
you're sister systematically stepping on my head

Now you're heading down to find something
something that you buried in your own backyard
the position is coming through
from all the dirt that you're digging up
from all the dirt that you're digging up
now you're heading down to be somewhere
somewhere you imagined in your wildest dream
the opposition is coming through
from all the people that you're standing on
from all the people that you're standing on
now you'd better take a firm hand

Chorus

Now you're heading down to get someone
someone that you should've had years ago
the position is coming through
all the people that you're standing on
all the people that you're standing on
you're hard to get a hand on

Chorus

I bring you plates from Rome
You say they look fantastic
I say we're having fun
Nothing like that Italian Plastic

I bring you rocks and flowers
You say they look pathetic
You pick me up at night
I don't feel pathetic

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When you wake up with me
I'll be your glass of water (uh huh)
When you stick up for me
They you're my Bella Bambina (uh huh)

I say we're on a trip
Looks like we're on vacation
I say we're having fun
In our little constellation

Chorus

Then I'll be your Balle Bambino, your man from the moon
I'll be your little boy running with that egg on his spoon
I'll be your soul survivor, you worst wicked friend
I'll be your piggy in the middle, stick with you till the end (Oh)

Chorus

Walking 'round the room singing "Stormy Weather"
At 57 Mt. Pleasant Street
Well, it's the same room, but everything's different
You can fight the sleep but not the dream

Things ain't cooking in my kitchen
Strange affliction wash over me
Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire
Couldn't conquer the blue sky

Well, there's a small boat made of china
It's going nowhere on the mantlepiece
Well, do I lie like a loungeroom lizard
Or do I sing like a bird released

Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you
Everywhere you go, always take the weather
Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you
Everywhere you go, always take the weather
The weather with you

Everywhere you go (everywhere you go)
Always take the weather with you
Everywhere you go (everywhere you go)
Always take the weather
Everywhere you go (everywhere you go)
Always take the weather with you
Everywhere you go, always take the weather
Take the weather, the weather with you

Everywhere you go

Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you
Everywhere you go, always take the weather
Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you
Everywhere you go, always take the weather
Take the weather, the weather with you

Ice will melt, water will boil
You and I can shake off this mortal coil
It's bigger than us
You don't have to worry about it
Ready or not here comes the drop
You feel lucky when you know where you are
You know it's gonna come true
Here in your arms I remember

It's only natural that I should want to
Be there with you
and it's only natural that you should
Feel the same way too

It's easy when you don't try
Going on first impressions
Man in a cage has made his confession
You've seen me at my worst
And it won't be the last time I'm down there
I want you to know I feel completely at ease
Read me like a book
That's fallen down between your knees
Please let me have my way with you

It's only natural that I should want to
Be there with you
It's only natural that you should
Feel the same way too

It's circumstantial, it's nothing written in the sky
And we don't even have to try
and we'll be shaking like mud, buildings of glass
Sink into the bay they'll be under the rocks again
You don't have to say I know you're afraid

It's only natural that I should want to
Be there with you
It's only natural that you should
Feel the same way too

It's circumstantial, it's something I was born to
It's only natural, can I help it if I want to

can I help it if i want too...

What'll I tell him when he comes to me for absolution?
Wouldn't you know it, hope I don't make a bad decision

Cause I'd like to believe that there is a God
Why sinful angels suffer for love
I'd like to believe in the terrible truth, in the beautiful life

I'd like to know you, but in this town I can't get arrested
If you know me, why don't you tell me what I'm thinking?

Hey, don't look now, but there goes God
In his sexy pants and his sausage dog
And he can't stand Beelzebub
Cause he looks so good in black, in black

Hey, don't look now, but there goes God
In his sexy pants and his sausage dog
And he can't stand Beelzebub
Cause he looks so good in black, in black, in black

There goes God
There goes God
There goes God
There goes God (There goes God)
There goes God

There is a God
There goes God
There goes God
There goes God
There goes God

Can you imagine that
An itch too sensitive to scratch
The light that falls through the cracks
An insect too delicate to catch
I hear the endless murmur
Every blade of grass that shivers in the breeze
And the sound that comes to carry me
Across the land and over the sea

CHORUS
And I can't look up
Fingers of love move down
And I can't look back
Fingers of love move down

Colour is its own reward
Colour is its own reward
The chiming of a perfect chord
Let's go jumping overboard
Into waves of joy and clarity
Your hands come out to rescue me
And I'm playing in the shallow water
Laughing while the mad dog sleeps

And I can't look up
Fingers of love move down
And I won't be hit
Fingers of love move everywhere

There is time yet
Fall by the way
From the cradle to the grave
From a palace to the gutter
Beneath the dying waves of the sun
Lie fingers of love

Through waves of joy and clarity
A fallen angel walked on the sea
And I'm playing in the shallow water
Laughing while the mad dog sleeps

And I can't look up
Fingers of love move down
And I won't be hit
Fingers of love move everywhere

There is time yet
For you to find me
And all I want
Fingers of love move down

You're standing in a deep dark hole
Beneath a sky as black as coal
It's just the fear of losing control
You know so well
Don't miss it when the moment comes
Be submissive just this once
Imagine there is something to be done
Some truth to tell

I would love
To trouble you in your time of need
Lose your way
It's a pleasure when you're in my command

Juggle like a diplomat
Struggle to hold onto your hat
Swinging like an acrobat
But time will tell
The clock is dripping on the wall
Listen to the rise and fall
Close your eyes and hear the call you know so well

Put on your wings
You're responsible for everything

Desolate in anger and safe in isolation
You're about to be the victim of a holy visitation
By the rites that I've been given

Put on your wings
You're not responsible for everything
I would love
To trouble you in your time of need
Lose your way
It's a pleasure when you're in my command
When you're in my command
In my command

I will come for you at night time
I will raise you from your sleep
I will kiss you in four places
I'll go running along your street
I will squeeze the life out of you
You will make me laugh and make me cry
We will never forget it
You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get startedAnd you will throw your arms around me

I dreamed of you at night time
And I watched you in your sleep
I met you in high places
I touched your head and touched your feet
So if you disappear out of view
You know, I will never say goodbye
Though I try to forget it
You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
Yeah you will throw you arms around me

There is freedom within
there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead
many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me

Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win

Now I'm towing my car
there's a hole in the roof
my possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof
in the paper today
tales of war and of waste
but you turn right over to the T.V. page

Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win

Now I'm walking again
to the beat of a drum
And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead
barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and release

Hey now, Hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, Hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
You know they won’t win

Don’t let them win
Hey now, Hey now

Hey now, Hey now

Hey now, Hey now
Don’t let them win

They come, They come
Don’t let them win

Hey now, Hey now (yeah)

Hey now, Hey now